In the wake of the bloodiest day of the Civil War or any American war, President Abraham Lincoln issued on Sept. 22, 1862, a preliminary proclamation freeing all slaves in the Confederate states. In the wake of the Battle of Antietam , the bloodiest day of the Civil War or any American war, President Abraham Lincoln issued on Sept. 22, 1862, a preliminary proclamation freeing all slaves in the Confederate states. It was at once a monumental stroke and a pointless gesture.

Men whose ancestors served in the armed forces or government of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, are invited to join the Orlando Camp 1285, Sons of Confederate Veterans.The group is a non-political, historical and educational organization whose members live in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties. The group meets the third Saturday of each month at 1840 E. Colonial Drive. The next meeting is Saturday. For details, call William Hogan at 896-3945.

I JUST read the two columns in the Sentinel concerning symbols of the South. Though I moved to the South recently, I find myself agreeing wih Charley Reese.The Civil War was not about slavery, in spite of what many would have you believe. The Confederacy was fighting against the national government usurping what it felt were states' rights.Nowadays, hardly a week goes by without the federal government imposing new regulations that state or local governments must implement. We should stop letting racist rhetoric tarnish the symbols of the Confederate States.

Since I was too busy to read it on Sunday, I saved my copy of Florida magazine for Monday morning. That was my mistake, for it set a very bad tone for the day. One of real frustration because I cannot reach you with a horsewhip from here in Merritt Island.I wish you and everyone like you would get out of Florida. For your information, you fool, Florida was a proud state of the Confederate States of America. That flag stood for freedoms we probably won't see again under the federal government we have now.Margaret C. Heilman Merritt Island

Men whose ancestors served in the armed forces or government of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, are invited to join the Orlando Camp 1285, Sons of Confederate Veterans. The group is a non-political, historical and educational organization whose members live in Seminole, Orange and Osceola counties. The group meets the third Saturday of each month at 1840 E. Colonial Drive. The next meeting is Saturday. For details, call William Hogan at 896-3945.

In 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala. In 1885, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United States for the first time. In 1930, the ninth planet of our solar system, Pluto, was discovered. In 1970, the Chicago Seven defendants were found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. In 1977, the space-shuttle Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing 747, went on its maiden "flight" above the Mojave Desert.

In the wake of the bloodiest day of the Civil War or any American war, President Abraham Lincoln issued on Sept. 22, 1862, a preliminary proclamation freeing all slaves in the Confederate states. In the wake of the Battle of Antietam , the bloodiest day of the Civil War or any American war, President Abraham Lincoln issued on Sept. 22, 1862, a preliminary proclamation freeing all slaves in the Confederate states. It was at once a monumental stroke and a pointless gesture.

In 1773, the ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, was born in Charles City County, Va. In 1825, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. In 1861, the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander Stephens vice president. In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau was established. In 1942, daylight-saving "War Time" went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward.

In 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala. In 1885, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United States for the first time. In 1930, the ninth planet of our solar system, Pluto, was discovered. In 1970, the Chicago Seven defendants were found innocent of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. In 1977, the space-shuttle Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing 747, went on its maiden "flight" above the Mojave Desert.

In 1773, the ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, was born in Charles City County, Va. In 1825, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. In 1861, the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis president and Alexander Stephens vice president. In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau was established. In 1942, daylight-saving "War Time" went into effect in the United States, with clocks turned one hour forward.

As the Civil War loomed in early 1861, Jacob Summerlin ranged from St. Augustine to Lake Okeechobee, rounding up cattle to sell to Cuba for $10 a head in gold.He was Florida's biggest cattle-owner, but after the Civil War began, Union blockades cut off the Havana market. The war put Summerlin and many of his interior Florida neighbors into a quandary: politics or survival? Most would spend the next four years caught between the two.Summerlin's exploits have been well-documented by Florida historians Joe Akerman, Canter Brown Jr. and Robert A. Taylor.